Plein Soleil Sunday 14 August 2016 GFT

Plein Soleil
Highsmith deemed Rene Clément’s picture to be ‘very beautiful to the eye and interesting for the intellect’.
Sunday 14 August (19.30)
Running time: 1h58m
In the same year he starred in Luchino Visconti’s family drama Rocco and His Brothers, Alain Delon took on the role of Highsmith’s most famous character, the eponymous, ice-cold sociopath of The Talented Mr Ripley. Although she felt that certain compromises had been made to reach as wide an audience as possible, Highsmith deemed René Clément’s picture – co-written by regular Claude Chabrol collaborator Paul Gégauff – to be “very beautiful to the eye and interesting for the intellect”.
Director René Clément Cast Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforêt
France/Italy 1960, 1h58m, subtitles, PG
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